Bandai made several announcements at this year’s Otakon, one of the biggest announcement is their first Blu-ray title, Kurokami. The company plans to distribute Kurokami on DVD and Blu-ray format. Kurokami is based on Black God published by Yen Press.

The other announcements include Bandai working with Fathom Events to show the Eureka Seven movie, Eureka Seven good night, sleep tight, young lovers, in 432 theaters for one night only – September 24th. Tickets for the movie will go on sale beginning August 21st and you can purchase tickets at Fathom Events’ Website.

Finally, Bandai clarified some details concerning Kannagi. The DVD that’s available at Amazon.com and Right Stuf will be a English-subbed version only; there will be no English-dubbed version. Once the DVD becomes available in mass market retailers (i.e. retail stores such as Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, etc.), the price will likely be higher since the MSRP will be higher.

Source: ICv2

According to Anime News Network, there will be another Tamagotchi television anime series to premiere in Japan in October. This isn’t the first time that the Tamagotchi franchise has its own television series.

Bandai has been streaming Saikō! Tamagotchi in seven different languages via YouTube since December. Saikō! Tamagotchi originally aired in Japan in 2007 to 2008.

Here’s what else ANN wrote:

According to the sheet, the new television anime series will simply be called Tamagotchi. It will premiere at the beginning of October, but the timeslot has not been determined. Each episode will have two 15-minute, self-contained stories. The stories will follow the daily lives of the Tamagotchi and feature new characters and settings. Various new toys aimed at girls are slated to also appear in October, followed by a new software for the Nintendo DS game console in November. That same month, the Japanese McDonald’s fast-food restaurant chain will offer Tamagotchi Happy Sets, which are the equivalent of Happy Meals in North America.

Looks like the Tamagotchi franchise is trying to make a comeback. How far will the franchise go this time?

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Here is a look at the newest Master grade coming up from Bandai. I like the new stand alone GN drive in particular also note the detail on the blade its chromed! We also see some additional parts to make it look like the repair Exia that was in the series so it’s like getting two for one! Can’t wait to get my hand on this for a closer and better look anyway enjoy the little gallery below!

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Here is a look at the new High Grade’s from Bandai’s Gundam 00 series. I love gundam but im not a huge fan of 1/144 HG’s but i will pick them up if they become 1/100 scale eventhough the 0 gundam is just a slighty modified RX-78!

Now here is some news i am happy to read! Im glad Bandai is doing a worldwide release on this series because i am so anxious to see it! I love the Gundam Unicorn storyline plus it’s one of the best mech’s  I have ever seen! Also it’s nice to go back to the UC timeline!

Japanese news site animeanime.jp reports that the Sunrise animation studio plans a worldwide simultaneous release for its Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn anime production this winter. Details about the format of the Gundam UC anime and how it will be distributed have not been revealed.

Earlier this month the Nihon Keizai Newspaper reported that Bandai has plans to begin distributing unspecified Gundam anime online in 10 languages including English, German, and French later this year.

Source: Animenation